Wichita eagle., 1887-10-02
THE WINNING WONDER.
From the Iuka Traveller.

From the lusa Traveller.
The editor of the Traveller, togethe
with Charles Clafflin, of Carmi, went t
Wichita. September 4th, to attend as Juror
the United States district court, the forme
as a grand juror and the latter as peti
juror. This session of the United State
court is held In Wichita once year, ane
has jurisdiction over that part Of the In
dian territory lying north of the Canadian
river and west of the Cherokee and Chick
asaw nations. which two years ago was at
tached to Kansas for judicial purposes.
the court is presided over by Cassus G.
Foster, survivor of the last Republican
| regime The class of crime on which the
grand jury passes is diversified, embracing
whisky selling, larceny, murder, big
amy, rape and intrusions in the Indian
country. The grand jury returned 10 In
dictments, which included one at least Of
each OF the crimes named The
jury considered one case of bigamy, the
first ever considered In this district which
fell under the Edmunds law Of cohabitation
enacted last winter by congress.
A large number of cases were disposed of
by the court, the majority Of those indicted
pleading guilty, while in the murder cases
the jury disagreed On two and the other
Jound guilty and the murderer sentenced to
be hanged November 10, 1887. at Wichita.
While in attendance there the real estate
men, with their usual enterprise, took the
grand jury in charge and escorted them
over the city, showing them the advantages
1t possessed, its resources and the wsnder-
full progress it is making.
THE PEERLESS PRINCESS.
In the course Of sightseeing. as the guests
OF the street Car company. we were taken
to the stock yards. The EAGLE from time
to time has given descriptions of these
yards, but has never succeeded in giving a
small part of the eulogy 1t demands. There
we found seven and one-half acres under
one roof, and that amount of roof will have
to be seen TO be appreciated. The yards
are divided into pens for cattle, hogs and
sheep. hay, corn and ground feed bins, are
provided with two sets of Howe scales, each
capable of weighing 100 head of cattle.
The supply Of water is obtained from the
water works. \ fine three story brick
hotel, costing $50 900, stands near the
stock yards, and the same company will
soon commence the erection Of packing
house near there. a half mile
from the stock yards are the Burton Car
works, which will soon have six acres Gov
cred with brick stone and frame buildings
and will give employment to 1900 labor
ers.
In the same neighborhood will be located
the watch factory, which will employ 300
hands.
In addition to those mentioned Wichita
has factories of every descrlp'i0n-cracker
fence, soap, iron foundries, barrel factories,
etc. etc
We next. as the guest of A. n. Derning,
visited the ice plant, where thirty tons of
ice are daily turned out. THIS plant Is
supplied with three 60 horse power engines.
The pump has a capacity of $50 gallons per
minute
Garfield University next claimed our at
tention. We found building 234x232
feet, four stories and basement, which will
have tower 203 feet high, will contain G6
rooms and cost 100000 when finished.
Three hundred aud thirty cars Of stone and
| 300 barrels OF cement were used in The
foundation and basement walls and . $500
300 brick made up the first purchase. They
have also erected two boarding houses. one
for gentlemen which contains IS rooms and
)ue for ladies' contains Il rooms. All |
.0gether they have ten colleges and |
in Wichita and ten ward school |
houses.
1t would take too longto enumerate even
. small part Of what Wichita has. but in |
ew words. she he's IS. 0G0 people. seven |
'ailrOads in operation snd two more build |
ng, f01ty-two passenger trains daily. |
evenly FIVE miles of street railway and
motor iine3. four daily and six weekly
two electric light companies,
gas company aud fine system of water
works and in the alliterstive language of
he a0iterative editor of the EAGLE
more light and life, more health aud hap
'iness, more profit and prosperity. more
'uilding and business. more fun aud fail
sd more glory and grandeur than can be
ound in any city OF twice is age or ten
INES its population in the United States. +"